Hours later at the scene, authorities wheeled a gurney carrying a covered body out from a four-story tan brick walk-up. As the body removal technicians wheeled the gurney toward a white van in the middle of the street, loud sobs could be heard from a group of people standing just south of yellow police tape.

Behind another police line on on West Madison Street, 24-year-old Dimico Jones stood alone and watched.

"It hurts," said Jones, whose girlfriend is a cousin of the man killed. "It hurts. It hurts."

Moments later, his cell phone rang, and when he answered it on speaker phone, the sounds of someone crying could be heard.